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- In the music industry, you could call Terry McBride a bit of a Or a hell-raiser, a boat-rocker. The Recording Industry Association of may very well have a few other choice (four-letter) words to describe him. But coming from the customer's standpoint, I would associate a completely different type of ... more
- On August 31st, I posted a blog entry "Ask Dr. In that post, I was ruminating about Daimler Chrysler's latest marketing campaign, which utilizes Dr. Dieter Zetsche, its chairman as spokesman, and the pros and cons of such a The TV and radio advertising spots coordinated with a web site ... more
- Last week, produced a terrible error in our own email marketing As part of a segmented test to the MarketingProfs newsletter subscriber list, we had planned to mail seven different messages to entice MProfs subscription upgrades to Premium. But instead of getting one of those offers, as intended, each of ... more
- Ahhh, that time of life when you've got to begin paying (really) for your clothes yourself, and when those four-years-of-college food impact whether you'll really ever wear low-rise jeans As a NY Times article states, however, the post-college space is rapidly becoming a pretty crowded In the past year, Abercrombie ... more
- My youngest grandchild, Samantha, will turn two at Thanksgiving She's just starting to speak words adults can recognize. Of course, the first words were "Mama" and "Dada," but the word she now says most distinctly and emphatically is This is her first four-letter street word. Or maybe she learned it ... more
- Whirlpool has just launched an effort to pull together single men and women, especially second-time singles (a new-to-me term, otherwise known as divorced) and singles over 30, around their In partnership with the relationship-connecting site , they are hosting "Spin Cycle" starting today that will include laundry-themed games, karaoke "Duets" ... more
- My two kids went back to school yesterday. And the Chex Mix of their unique genetic makeup revealed itself again in their very different approaches to school My teenage son pulled his messenger bag out from somewhere deep in his closet yesterday morning, tore out the used pages in a ... more
- In marketing circles, we focus on brand-building by effectively reaching customers, and getting their The business intelligentsia has been preaching about the need to connect with customers on both intellectual and emotional levels. Most of us would readily agree with that. But as marketers, we ought to ask ourselves which ... more
- In a cost-cutting move, many companies are selling real estate holdings, consolidating corporate campuses and encouraging employees to work from Marketing, unlike a job in manufacturing, seems to be one function suitable for telework. Is this a positive or negative trend for A recent Wall Street article titled, "When Working ... more
- But it sure helps differentiate oneself. Having recently tasked myself with mapping the very uniform search engine marketing agency landscape, I have come to realize that marketing firms are the least likely to know what makes them Take a look at these recent press [Company Name] Distinguished as 'Largest SEM ... more
- My 14-year-old son, born in 1991, is certain he was born two decades too late. So, lately, he's been bringing himself up to speed on the culture of the the music (The Doors, Grateful Dead), the literature (Gore Vidal), events that defined the decade (Vietnam, Woodstock) and Dick Admittedly, Cavett ... more
- Hi Daily Fix aFIXionados. I've been hunting around online for giant We're " foam fingers, but surprisingly our super-competitive culture doesn't extend that far into the numeric Regardless, the cause for foam-finger wagging is that Collier was finally able to update his list of the Top 25 Marketing , and ... more
- I've been accused of having marketing foresight. Here's On September 19th, the entry on my George Carlin daily calendar pad will "The worst thing about e-mail is that you can't interrupt the other person. You have to read the whole thing, and then e-mail them back, pointing out their mistakes ... more